Omidiran accepts historic SWAN role, says sports can drive Nigeria’s GDP
Mrs Omidiran is expected to be formally decorated during SWAN’s National Triennial Congress in August, where delegates from across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory will elect new national officers and deliberate on the future of sports journalism in Nigeria.
Mrs Omidiran made the remarks while receiving the National Executive Committee of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), led by its President, Isaiah Benjamin, during a courtesy to the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
A former member of the Executive Board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the FIFA Women’s Football Committee, Mrs Omidiran, described sports as a powerful driver of economic growth, youth empowerment and national unity.
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